Metal News

BHP Billiton Ltd. , the world's biggest mining company, will lose the right to proceed with the $33 billion Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion in Australia if it doesn't start work by the end of the year, pressuring the the board to approve the project as commodity prices decline.

Xstrata PLC is readying a bonus package worth as much as GBP50 million to retain its chief executive, Mick Davis, prior to the company's merger with Glencore , The Financial Times reports on its website Sunday, citing "people familiar with the terms." The terms of the agreement must be approved by Xstrata shareholders as part of the planned merger, ... (more)

Highest Earnings Yield in the Diversified Metals & Mining Industry Detected in Shares of Freeport-McMoRan May 27, 2012 News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Diversified Metals & Mining industry with the highest earnings yields.

Qatar Investment Authority, owner of Qatar Holding LLC, said Friday it bought 1.91 million shares in diversified mining group Xstrata PLC at 917.23 pence, lifting its total holding to 258.25 million shares, or 8.6%. -Xstrata shares at 1100 GMT, down 18 pence, or 1.94%, at 916.6 pence valuing the company at GBP27.53 billion

When Precision Castparts Corp. stock jumped again Monday after record quarterly sales, an Oklahoma City hedge-fund manager sold out of the Portland-based metals manufacturing giant.

Transportation companies need to migrate and evolve as a matter of survival, said Derek Leathers, President and COO of Werner Enterprises, who delivered the keynote address.

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel , one standout is the SPDR S&P Metals and Mining ETF where we have detected an approximate $65.6 million dollar outflow - that's a 11.1% decrease week over week .

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Although it went in the opposite direction of the market today, the ETF tracked closer to the overall market today than over the past week.

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Everyone wants Century Aluminum to restart its aluminum smelter at Ravenwood. Hundreds of people would go back to work, and the surrounding area would recover economically.

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BHP Billiton Group - SWOT Analysis examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.

Australian stocks rose in early Friday trading, with select retail and materials shares among the major gainers, as the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.3% to 4,068.90. Newcrest Mining Ltd.

It's been a rough 52 weeks for Walter Energy as the coal industry has faced numerous headwinds.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , in trading on Thursday, shares of Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

Shares of companies with significant exposure to China, such as Joy Global and Cliffs Natural Resources , are sliding today on signs the country's factory activity is poised for a seventh straight month of contraction.

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation announced today the closing of its previously announced offering of $225.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 8.250% senior notes due 2020 in a private transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 .

The FTSE 100 index clung to positive territory on Thursday, supported by gains for Standard Chartered PLC but weighed by losses for Tesco PLC and Xstrata PLC and general downbeat sentiment for Europe.

Manufacturers of high tech gadgets that use rare earths are in for more good news as Canadian miner Matamec Explorations Inc.